Did you know....?

[bubblewrap]

Ah bubblewrap, is that what is commonly called 'wind with lumps in'??

valmarg

Commonly known as the map of Japan in the underpants.

[Hazel at the Hill]

go on, who else tried...

Guilty as charged!

[SarzWix]

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain...

[zebedee]

How about this for a set of coincidences? Judge for yourself the truth of them, for I claim no originality, but weird or what?
Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.

Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.

The names Lincoln and Kennedy each contain seven letters.

Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.

Both of their wives lost their children while living in the White House.

Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.

Both were shot in the head.

Both were shot with one bullet.

Both were rumored to be killed in a conspiracy.
Neither was confirmed to be a conspiracy.

Lincoln was shot in the Ford Theater.
Kennedy was shot in a card made by the Ford Motor Company (a Lincoln no less)

Lincoln's secretary was named Kennedy.
Kennedy's secretary was named Lincoln.

Both were assassinated by Southerners.

Both were succeeded by Southerners.

Both successors were named Johnson.

Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808.
Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.
Their first names both contain six letters.

John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born in 1839.
Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.
Both assassins were known by their three names.
Both names comprise fifteen letters.

Booth ran from the theater and was caught in a warehouse.
Oswald ran from a warehouse and was caught in a theater.

Both assassins were assassinated before their trials.

The only complete filming of Kennedy's assasination was shot by Abraham Zapruder.
The only complete account of Lincoln's assasination was written by John Zelfindorfer.

A week before Lincoln was shot, he was with friends in Monroe, Maryland.
A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with his friend Marilyn Monroe.

Lincoln's last child, Tad, had his funeral held on July 16, 1871.
Later he was exhumed and moved to a different grave site.
Kennedy's son JFK Jr. was lost at sea on July 16, 1999.
Later he was found, brought up, and then re-burried at sea.

[seasprout]

Erm

Guilty as charged!

Might have done.

[JennieAtkinson]

go on, who else tried...

And I was in the office!

[bubblewrap]

Question who was the first man to swim the pacific ocean?

[HeyWayne]

Ah bubblewrap, is that what is commonly called 'wind with lumps in'??

valmarg

Or a "shart" in certain circles...

[Flummery]

...that the reason manholes are round and not square is that you can't drop the cover down the hole? True!

[bramble]

And I was in the office!

Me, i tried immediately i read the post and tried with both elbow, just in case one might be easier than the other.

[terrier]

The smallest origami paper model of a Crane Bird was folded under a microscope using tweezers by a Mr Naito from Japan and was made from a piece of paper 2.9mm square. It is displayed on top of a sewing needle.

I bet you all wanted to know that!!!!!!

[seasprout]

Question who was the first man to swim the pacific ocean?

Erm.. nobody yet..???

[October]

Tha was a bit of a conversation-stopper, Zebedee! MAkes you think though.

I have a useless fact - you can't fold any piece of paper in half more than 8 times, no matter how big or small, even thin tissue paper or soft toilet paper.

Go on - try it.

[bubblewrap]

Question who was the first man to swim the pacific ocean?

John Stonehouse MP
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